Phonte recently opened up to The Onion AV Club’s longtime hip-hop contributor Nathan Rabin about his forthcoming solo LP. AVC: What can you say about your solo album? PC: I started it last year, and I kind of got into it, but once we got nominated for the Grammy, I was like, “Okay, fuck a [cont.]

Wow, talk about unexpected.After completing an interview with The Urban Daily, Phontiggalo sat in and conducted an interview with CNN, discussing the new album, (the still redundantly titled The War Report 2, Report the War) and the group’s longevity. It’s awesome to see an artist like Phonte taking pure joy in interviewing a group that [cont.]

From the album In Search of Stoney Jackson. Produced by Madlib. Directed by Henry DeMaio.

   Sometimes Hip Hop needs to stop taking itself so damn serious. With all the negative images, wack emcees, and cliched terms of endearment, hip hop just isn’t fun anymore. Who else could make a clever joke out of the industry than somebody who doesn’t have a deal, somebody who is hungry, somebody who just [cont.]